zhěn

to examine or treat medically

speech (讠) + [sound] (㐱) = medical examination

A doctor examines by asking questions and listening to the patient speak — the speech radical captures that diagnostic conversation. 㐱 lends the sound zhěn and does not carry meaning here.

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医生给他了病,说他需要多休息。

yī shēng gěi tā zhěn le bìng,shuō tā xū yào duō xiū xi。

The doctor examined his illness and said he needs more rest.

她去医院请大夫为她治,大夫开了一些药。

tā qù yī yuàn qǐng dài fu wèi tā zhěn zhì,dài fu kāi le yī xiē yào。

She went to the hospital to have a doctor treat her, and the doctor prescribed some medicine.

Words with 诊

门诊

mén zhěn

outpatient service

门诊室

mén zhěn shì

clinic

门诊部

mén zhěn bù

outpatient department

中德诊所

zhōng dé zhěn suǒ

Sino-German clinic

候诊

hòu zhěn

waiting to see a doctor

候诊室

hòu zhěn shì

waiting room (at clinic, hospital)

健诊

jiàn zhěn

check-up (health, car safety, environment etc)

出诊

chū zhěn

to visit a patient at home (of a doctor)

切诊

qiè zhěn

(TCM) pulse feeling and palpitation, one of the four methods of diagnosis 四診|四诊[si4 zhen3]

问诊

wèn zhěn

(TCM) interrogation, one of the four methods of diagnosis 四診|四诊[si4 zhen3]

四诊

sì zhěn

(TCM) the four methods of diagnosis, namely 望診|望诊[wang4 zhen3] (observation), 聞診|闻诊[wen2 zhen3] (auscultation and olfaction), 問診|问诊[wen4 zhen3] (interrogation), 切診|切诊[qie4 zhen3] (pulse feeling and palpation)

就诊

jiù zhěn

to see a doctor

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